Home health jobs in Knoxville area?

A good employment website is: www.indeed.com. Type in home health RN or LPN and the location and agencies that are looking for applicants will come up.

I know that most nursing homes either require that you are a CNA or that you get certified within 6 months of working there. But it's nothing to get certified. Usually you can find a nursing home that offers free classes every month or so. All you have to pay for is your book, which is something like 50-60 dollars, and then to take the CNA test after the end of the class which is like $88. The classes usually last only a month and you 2 weeks of book work and class and 2 weeks of clinicals. Some Home Health agencies will let you become a HHA without being a CNA but I think most of them prefer it.

In my state you have to become certified within four months of hire. You would be helping yourself immensely if you got a CNA certificate and a HHA certificate if they have that in your state. You can find nursing homes that will give you the training free and you have a built in job waiting. But if your local community college has a CNA course it is better to take it there, because you could get college credit for the course and it might be required if you decide to go to a nursing program at that college. Being a CNA/HHA also helps you get jobs from private clients and you can get better pay.

Other possibilities to get a CNA course are your local chapter of the American Red Cross, the adult education school in your area, and the Regional Occupational Center.